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Museu d'Història de la Ciutat

Address: Plaça del Rei s/n, Barri Gòtic, Barcelona, Catalonia
Phone: 93/256-2100
www.museuhistoria.bcn.cat

City History Museum

Category: Museums/Galleries
Location: Ciutat Vella (Old City)

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Fodor's Review:

This fascinating museum traces the evolution of Barcelona from its first Iberian settlement to its alleged founding by the Carthaginian Hamilcar Barca in about 230 bc, to Roman and Visigothic times and beyond. Antiquity is the focus here: Romans took the city during the Punic Wars and the striking underground remains of their Colonia Favencia Julia Augusta Paterna Barcino, through which you can roam on metal walkways, are the museum's main treasure. Archaeological finds include parts of walls, fluted columns, and recovered busts and vases. Above ground, off the Plaça del Rei, the Palau Reial Major, the splendid Saló del Tinell, the chapel of Santa Àgata, and the Torre del Rei Martí, a lookout tower with views over the Barri Gòtic, complete the self-guided tour.

Cost: EUR 5.50 (includes admission to Monestir de Pedralbes, Centre d'Interpretació del Park Güell, Centre d'Interpretació del Call, Centre d'Interpretació Històrica, Refugi 307, and Museu-Casa Verdaguer)
Open: Oct.-May, Tues.-Sat. 10-2 and 4-7; June-Sept., Tues.-Sat. 10-7; Sun. 10-3
Metro: Catalunya, Liceu, Jaume I

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